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Federal agents converge on Woburn business

Federal agents executed a search warrant at a Woburn manufacturing company on Wednesday.

As many as 100 federal agents from the FBI, ICE and the Department of Homeland Security participated in the raid at Agiltron Inc., on Presidential Way. Sources told NewsCenter 5 several employees were questioned at their homes, but no arrests were made.

The company, which has several military contracts, may have "sold technology to people who should not have it," sources said.

A spokesman from ICE said the primary purpose of the search was not related to immigration or work-related issues.

Agiltron has a video on YouTube illustrating some of the many electronic products it manufactures, including fiber-optic components, optical devices and infrared detectors.

Agiltron's CEO is Jing Zhao. The website GovernmentContractsWon.com says since 2000, his company has won 251 government contracts worth more than $46 million.

In 2009, Agiltron was awarded a contract from the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division for a fiber optic kit used by technicians to repair and maintain aircraft, according to the company's website.

NewsCenter 5 and WCVB.com will have more information when it becomes available.

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